With plans to expand and unify the famously idiosyncratic franchises, can Harold's daughter maintain what makes the chicken shacks so special? Read more
On the day Los Angeles banned the bags, Chicago's city council debated it—in the wake of a study that found surprising plastic pollution in the Great Lakes. Read more
The Chicago photographer George R. Lawrence shot incredible panoramic images of major events in US cities from his 17-kite Lawrence Captive Airship. Read more
Despite its tremendous length and cost, Chicago's incomplete Deep Tunnel remains inadequate to prevent flooding. The answer may be in our swampy past. Read more
Single-room-occupancy hotels have long been a political and economic hot potato in Chicago. The remaining few are closing as the dream of a swinging, gentrified Uptown nears its second century. Read more
Poverty has long been defined by family dynamics. But a recent revisiting of a 1960s study shows neighborhood dynamics to be as dominant a factor. Read more
Beneath the city's accursed block is a shell of a CTA station to nowhere, and no plans for the express train it's supposed to house. But the plans were never very concrete to begin with. Read more
